01/08/09

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) _ A man has been sentenced to life in
prison without parole for the kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl in
2004.

Judge James L. Shumate sentenced Marc Clifton Bryant, 48, to
life in prison without parole for aggravated kidnapping and three
consecutive sentences of five years to life in prison for three
counts of rape.

Washington County Attorney Eric Gentry says Bryant became a
father figure to the teenage daughter of a woman he was living with
in St. George.

Gentry says the two began a sexual relationship and one night,
Bryant tortured the girl by burning her with a screwdriver heated
with a blowtorch. Gentry says Bryant also tried to drown her and
kidnapped and abused her.

Bryant, whose attorney says he will appeal, also was convicted
of several other charges.
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Information from: The Spectrum, http://www.thespectrum.com

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